American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, Volume 2Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott C. Scribner's Sons, 1949 |
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Page 434
... novel as another attempt to confine the writer of fiction within pre - established narrow boundaries , to dictate beforehand the life , feeling , observation , vision that ought to go into the making of a fictive world . Exploring the ...
... novel as another attempt to confine the writer of fiction within pre - established narrow boundaries , to dictate beforehand the life , feeling , observation , vision that ought to go into the making of a fictive world . Exploring the ...
Page 445
... novel worth discussing at all , of a passage of description that is not in its intention narrative , a passage of dia- logue that is not in its intention descrip- tive , a touch of truth of any sort that does not partake of the nature ...
... novel worth discussing at all , of a passage of description that is not in its intention narrative , a passage of dia- logue that is not in its intention descrip- tive , a touch of truth of any sort that does not partake of the nature ...
Page 450
... novel has a purpose , but that it has a diffidence . To what degree a purpose in a work of art is a source of corruption I shall not attempt to inquire ; the one that seems to me least dangerous is the purpose of making a per- fect work ...
... novel has a purpose , but that it has a diffidence . To what degree a purpose in a work of art is a source of corruption I shall not attempt to inquire ; the one that seems to me least dangerous is the purpose of making a per- fect work ...
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AMERICAN LITERATURE 18601900 | 1 |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN | 15 |
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